Open Food Facts · Privacy & Data
Open Food Facts privacy & data
Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10. 23 statements quoted word for word; anything the page does not say is shown as unstated, never guessed. APIs.io verifies none of it.
Role
value: controller
Open Food Facts, association within the meaning of the law of 1st July whose head office is located at 21 rue des Iles, 94100 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (France), is responsible for the processing of personal data within the framework of the Services.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Data categories
category: identifying
user name, user identifier, passwords, e-mail address and IPRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
category: behavioral
Nutritional quality (amount of salt, sugar, fat, fatty acid); Food processing; Allergens and ingredients contained in foods;Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
category: location
The country is sometimes deduced from the IP address in order to locate the product (entry assistance).Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
category: device
IP address technical analyses, usage statisticsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Purposes
purpose: Security, technical analyses, popularity measurement
visit IP, Log Security, technical analyses, Popularity measurementRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
purpose: Account login
inscription/ login to accountsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
purpose: Sending newsletter
Sending the newsletter until you unsubscribe from the newsletterRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
purpose: Processing donations
Allow the processing of the donationRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
purpose: Content moderation
Fight against illicit or inappropriate content or abuse of use of the service.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Retention
scope: Visit logsperiod: 3 years
visit IP, Log Security, technical analyses, Popularity measurement 3 yearsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
scope: Account dataperiod: As long as the account exists
As long as the account existsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
scope: Newsletter unsubscribe listperiod: 1 year after unsubscribing
Maintaining the list of unsubscribed people 1 year after unsubscribingRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
scope: Donationsperiod: 3 years
Allow the processing of the donation 3 yearsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
scope: Backupsperiod: 3 years
backups, continuity of services 3 yearsRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Residency
The page states nothing on this.
International transfers
The page states nothing on this.
Subprocessors
Data processing agreement
Deletion
route: Delete account; user ID replaced with random unique username
When deleting the user account, the user ID is replaced with a random but unique username for that user. All other personal data is deleted.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Data subject rights
right: Access and information
You have the right to ask whether Open Food Facts processes your personal data and to request the communication of a copy if necessary.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
right: Object
You can object to your data being used for a specific objective provided that this data is not mandatory to achieve this objective.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
right: Rectification
You have the right to request the rectification of your inaccurate or incomplete informationRead from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
right: Erasure
You have the right to request the deletion of one or more of your personal data, specifying which data it concerns.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
right: Restriction
This right allows you to ask Open Food Facts to temporarily stop the use of certain of your data for a specific reason that you should specify.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
Sale or sharing
stance: prohibited
Likewise, it does not communicate your personal data to third parties for commercial purposes.Read from Open Food Facts's own page on 2026-11-10
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